MHPE 594

Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Evaluation Issues

Formal Educational Programs

Satisfaction Level

1. Extent of participation

2. Extent of learner satisfaction

Learning Level

1. Accomplishment of a learning plan

Behavior Change Level

1. Measurement of performance

Results Level

1. Extent to which performance effects the total spectrum of

1.1. patient care and

1.2. practice procedures

Measuring the Results of the Total Educative Process

1. Peer appraisal

2. Complex self-assessment programs

3. Formal quality assurance programs

4. Licensing and Certification Board Examinations

Questions to formulate an evaluation process

1. Does the planned activity clearly relate to identified community health needs?

2. Does the planned activity clearly relate to identified discrepancies in knowledge or skill identified by individual physicians or practices?

3. Is there some logical relationship between the planned educational project and the identified needs of participants in relation to their practice responsibilities

4. What evidence is there that the program actually attended to the learning needs of participants?

5. What evidence is there that clients perceived the intended relationship between the project and their learning needs?

6. Are the projects’ goals and objectives stated appropriately?

7. What evidence is there that the goals and objectives of the project have been achieved?

8. Are the selection, orientation, and motivation of faculty, opinion leaders, and others involved, effective?

9. Did the faculty demonstrate appropriate instruction, interpersonal or organizational skills in conducting the various activities?

10. Did the practitioners who attended the project have the background and experience that were anticipated when the project was planned?

11. Did any side effects occur as a result of the project?

12. Are the planned instructional activities based on logic and on the principles and generalizations of management and educational psychology?

13. Did the intended activities operate as planned?

14. What evidence is there that the rationale for designing and implementing the project was appropriate? What reasons are there for successes or failures?

15. Are the planned physical facilities appropriate (if relevant)?

16. Do the instructional materials meet accepted criteria and standards of the art and science of instructional materials development?

17. Were the materials used as planned?

18. What was the impact of the evaluation?

19. Is the project cost-effective

20. Is the promotion of the project effective?